PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: Stockport (17 January 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of trends in the number of cancelled rail services to and from Stockport station in 2022.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

The Department recognises the importance of a high performing railway in contributing to growth and local economies. On 11 December, Avanti West Coast implemented a timetable that restored pre-pandemic service between Manchester and London (three trains per hour). Importantly, these services are designed not to be dependent on rest day working. The Department looks to the trade unions to work with train operators and Network Rail as the employers to resolve these issues for the benefit of communities such as Stockport.

Answered by:
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
20 January 2023